These Research Project Final Reports document the results of the research project, and are approved by the sponsoring Technical Committee. ASHRAE members have free access through the members-only Research Projects Final Reports site. Non-members can purchase and download individual Research Reports for $30 each.
Please contact the Manager of Research and Technical Services, Mike Vaughn, at mvaughn@ashrae.org if you cannot find the report you are looking for below. Additional reports are available in hardcopy form only for $30 plus shipping and handling.
ASHRAE is pleased to solicit proposals for 5 new research projects and one rebid project. The research project titles are listed below.
In all cases, the proposal must be in the hands of the ASHRAE MORTS by 8 A.M. EDT, May 15, 2012. The projects are scheduled to begin September 1, 2012 or later.
**Prior to preparing a proposal, please review the sample ASHRAE Research Agreement and General Conditions found on the Research page of the ASHRAE website. If your contracting officer cannot accept this Agreement, please contact us prior to bidding.
Copies of requests-for-proposal (RFPs) are linked to the title list and may be downloaded or printed from this site.
Please give this announcement wide and prompt distribution to all interested researchers within your organization.
1447-TRP, “Performance of Pressurized Stairwells with Open Doors”
Sponsored by: TC 5.6, (Fire and Smoke Control)
1462-TRP (re-bid), “Active Mechanisms for Enhancing Heat and Mass Transfer in Sorption Fluids”
Sponsored by: TC 8.3, (Absorption and Heat Operated Machines)
1491-TRP, “Literature and Product Review and Cost Benefit Analysis of Commercially Available Ozone Air Cleaning for HVAC Systems”
Sponsored by: Environmental Health Committee (EHC)
Questions and Answers for this RFP have been included with the RFP
1529-TRP, “Full-Frequency Numerical Modeling of Sound Transmission in and Radiation from Lined Duct”
Sponsored by: TC 2.6, (Sound and Vibration Control)
1546-TRP, “Expansion and updating of the Air Diffusion Performance Index Method”
Sponsored by: TC 5.3, (Room Air Distribution)
1561-TRP, “Procedures to Adjust Observed Climatic Data for Regional or Mesoscale Climatic Variations”
Sponsored by: TC 4.2, (Climatic Information)
Questions and Answers for this RFP have been included with the RFP
Progress and Financial Reports, must be made to the Society, through its Manager of Research and Technical Services in quarterly intervals; specifically on or before each January 1, April 1, June 10, and October 1 of the contract period.